Boo Boo — A Poem by Bob Cooper

Time moves in one direction, but love doesn't follow the same rules.
This poem is for a little girl who grew up — and took a piece of her father's heart with her.

My little girl, it hasn't been that long —

I just turned around, and it was gone.

Now a mother, you with little ones,

Holding memories of all that we've done.

Memories of that smile as I twirled you around,

Now a smile for another man, another sound.

He twirls you and your little ones —

I am happy… oh, but my heart still longs.

When my heart grows sad and counts up the cost,

Those little ones look up — and all is not lost.

As life moves gently from old to new,

God is faithful, and life is renewed.

— Bob Cooper

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Life has a way of moving faster than our hearts are ready for. But in every season — the joyful ones and the bittersweet ones — God remains faithful.

"Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning."
— Psalm 30:5

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